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Black-footed Ferrets in preconditioning pens

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Black-footed Ferret reintroduction site

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Black Footed Ferret

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Video Credit: Ryan Moehring / USFWS

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A ferret peers out at what will soon be its new home.

Photo Credit: Steve Segin / USFWS

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Photo credit: Kimberly Fraser, USFWS

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These kits were just one-week-old at the time of this photo (Mid-May, 2014).

Credit: Robyn Bortner / USFWS

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These kits were just one-week-old at the time of this photo (Mid-May, 2014).

Credit: Robyn Bortner / USFWS

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Black-Footed Ferret

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Black-Footed Ferrets

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Two endangered black-footed ferret kits peek out from their burrow. BFFs are very curious!

Credit: Kimberly Fraser / USFWS

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Black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes

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Credit: Kimberly Tamkun / USFWS

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The first black-footed ferret to set foot in Kansas after a 50-year absence needed to get a good look at its surroundings before exiting the pet carrier and familiarizing itself with its new home.
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Credit: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS

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A recently released ferret peers out at its new home.

Photo Credit: Steve Segin / USFWS

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A recently released ferret peers out at its new home.

Photo Credit: Steve Segin / USFWS

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Photo Credit: Kimberly Fraser / USFWS

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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Two young kits peek out from their burrow. Black-footed ferrets are one of the nation's most endangered mammals. Thanks to recovery efforts, however, their numbers are bouncing back.

Credit: USFWS

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Black-footed Ferret Release —an endangered black-footed ferret that was released on private land on Espee Ranch, AZ, USA as part of a collaborative species recovery effort. These ferrets depend on pra

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Image title: Black footed ferret or american polecat or prairie dog hunter animal mustela nigripes
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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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Image title: Black footed ferret mustela nigripes known as american polecat
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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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Credit: J. Michael Lockhart / USFWS

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A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) pops out of a burrow. The black-footed ferret is 18 to 24 inches long, including a 5 to 6 inch tail. It weighs only one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half pounds, w

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Endangered black-footed ferret

Credit: Kimberly Fraser / USFWS

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A black-footed ferret peers out of a trap just prior to being transported to a facility where it will be vaccinated against canine distemper and fitted with a transponder chip. These surveys help mon

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During the visit, Hannah witnessed a black-footed ferret mother move its kit by the scruff of its neck.
For more info on conservation of the black-footed ferret, please visit: www.blackfootedferret.o

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, at 26-days old.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, at 26-days old.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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In the summer of 2012, USFWS Region 6 interns visited the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center (NBFFCC) in Colorado to learn how the program reintroduces the endangered Black-footed ferret

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Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, at 60-days old, checks out a snack.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center

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These kits were born May 21, 2011 at the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center.

Photo Credit: Kimberly Tamkun / USFWS

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This sleepy black-footed ferret is ready for a nap! Clearly, trying to come back from the verge of extinction is tiring!

Credit: Mike Lockhart / USFWS

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Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species, with her domestic ferret siblings and surrogate mother.
Credit: USFWS National Black-footed Ferret C

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An endangered black-footed ferret in an outdoor preconditioning pen at the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado.

Credit: Ben Novak

The Black-footed Ferret Recovery Program is celebrating two major milestones in 2011: the 30th Anniversary of the species rediscovery and the 20th Anniversary of their successful return to the wild. T

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This endangered black-footed ferret stands tall to inspect his surroundings in the outdoor preconditioning pens in the Colorado-based National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center.

Credit: Mike L

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Image title: Black footed ferret at borrow entrance investigating scientific equipment
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John Hogg (center), responsible for taking the first Meeteetse ferret away from his dog Shep in 1981, poses with (left to right) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees Kimberly Tamkun, Stephen Torbi

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In preparation for starting our own reintroduced population of black-footed ferrets in Kansas, Tony Ifland of Kirwin NWR and I spent time learning capture methods in the Conata Basin of South Dakota.

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This is yet another amazing capture from our National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center.
The center breeds endangered black-footed ferrets and then prepares them for release into the wild. Here,

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Image title: Man holding live trap with ferret inside
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